Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Most Schools Won't Get More

* If you live in Ohio, under Gov. John Kasich, you'll have more school levies in your future. The Lancaster Eagle Gazette has the cold, hard truth about Kasich's latest budget scheme:

Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan dramatically changes the state
funding formula for districts, but most Ohio schools would see no
increase in money under the proposal.

The
governor this past week announced a plan to spend $7.4 billion in the
2013-14 fiscal year and $7.7 billion in the 2014-15 fiscal year— up from
the $6.9 billion being spent in the current 2012-13 fiscal year. Data
released Wednesday shows that increased funding would be concentrated in
less than half of all Ohio schools....